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None of the characters have names, the screenplay was written specifically for all the characters not to address each other by name.See more »

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Eldest Son:[voice-over] When you're young, and the woman in your hands is young, you're provoked by the life in her skin, in the muscles under her skin. You can smell life in the sweet perfume of her sweat and her breath, sweet perfume that can make you dizzy. You can sense life in the jittery convulsions of her reactions to every new touch and sensation...See more »

This movie tells a story held secret by most people who write about the
Holocaust, which is the crippling effect of the Survivors' war
experiences on their children. Studies have shown that the children of
Nazi Holocaust Survivors share many if not all of their parents'
psychological issues, particularly depression and post-traumatic
stress. This film has the rare courage and honesty to show the bleak
emotional damage left by that war, not only on its direct victims but
on their children as well. The portrait of the mother is particularly
bitterly real -- her seemingly inexplicably outbursts and fits of
violence a near-mirror of the unexplained violence she witnessed as a
girl; her narcissism and coldness linked to her own abandonment as a
girl. Again, a poignant and tragic reality of the psychological
landscape of all survivors of war. The actors were superb, the dialogue
actually worth LISTENING to. Haas and Lucas put in beautifully nuanced
performances and Bisset was outstanding in arguably the best, most
emotional performance of her career, and looking more beautiful than
ever.

This is not an easy film. It is most definitely not a family film
(there are explicit depictions of sex). It is a disturbing portrait of
broken people struggling to find reasons to stay alive. It's pretty
great, really.

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